Entrepreneurs say the FDA is killing medical innovation

Venture capital is drying up for early-stage medical devices. Experts say that American patients are already "missing out" on the most innovative treatment options.

New ONC fee proposal scares health IT sector

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT just released its budget plan for 2014, which would increase its funding. But it's a little-reported line item that's causing a stir among entrepreneurs -- a proposal to boost fees for electronic health record vendors.

Google’s unified privacy policy ignites another round of investigations from EU regulators

Google is about to get hit with another round of investigations from European regulators -- a day after its privacy director announced she was stepping down.

Health app makers to feds: Dithering on regulation is stifling innovation

Congress is conducting a three-day series of hearings to decide how to regulate the explosion of health apps on smartphone and tablet devices.

Venture capitalist Tim Draper: ‘We are not the home of the free, land of the brave anymore’

Legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper is worried about America running out of heroes. And he's not talking about Superman or the Hulk.

TechShop CEO Mark Hatch: ‘We have destroyed entrepreneurship in this country’

The past decade has seen a 93% drop in IPOs for sub-$50 million companies, says Mark Hatch of TechShop, the membership-based tool-and-workshop indy manufacturing community.

Microsoft: ‘technical error’ delays giving EU customers browser choice

Software giant Microsoft told EU regulators today a “technical error” prevented a mandated browser-choice option being part of its just-updated Windows 7 operating system.  The company apologized to the European Commission and said it would offer the browser choice option …

U.K. regulator investigating Facebook’s $1B Instagram buy

The U.K.’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will investigate Facebook’s $1 billion purchase of Instagram over fears that it will hurt competition among social photo-sharing apps and other social networks, according to The Guardian.

Facebook agreed to acquire Instagram back …

European regulators want Google to delay new privacy policy

European regulators have asked Google to delay a new, controversial privacy policy change because they want more time to investigate how well user data will be protected.

Google announced last week that it would change its privacy policy by combining …

Microsoft's first antitrust target: Google

How the tables have turned. Microsoft, a company that is no stranger to regulator scrutiny, is planning to file an antitrust complaint against Google in Brussels today, the New York Times reports.

The move will be Microsoft’s first antitrust complaint …